Blackmagic94
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Here's my take on what might unfold. Putin is backing the Russian sympathizer population in Eastern Ukraine to set up a buffer[ I'm quite sure larger percentage compared to Ukranians there now, since the Crimea deal ] and will wait it out to see a new, friendlier Ukranian president replacing the one in charge as of now. Don't think Putin wants to take whole Ukraine, he knows that might take to a real war, rest of Europe join in. Ego or not ,he's not stupid.
When we had the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, the USA and the allies hands were tied, hence Hungary was part of the Warsaw Pact. I remember during the fights in my old country, freedom fighters pleading on radio broadcast for help against the Russians. It never came in form of weapons. Only saw Red Cross, distributing new/used clothes donated from various western countries. After the fights ended, Russian solders at various locations handing out Swiss chocolate to kids like me, standing around their armoured vehicles. Arming the Ukraine with even more lethal weaponry, would prolong fighting much longer, taking out civilians, no one wants to see.
Our uprising in 1956 was over relatively quick, still resulting loss of lives of freedom fighters, Relatively low civilian casualties, we all hunkered down in the shelters.
Still, it was a long time for Hungary to rid of Russian occupation until 1989, but daily lives and less political hardship was easing slowly, bit by bit.
Moving into Ukraine with NATO troops would be suicidal, not warranted to start WW3.
One of my memories I never forget, there was a headquarter of Russian troops near our apartment we walked over to during ceasefire. As most kids, we were admiring military related stuff, we were visiting this headquarter and befriended a Russian who invited me and my buddy to look inside his armored vehicle. He's name was Bob. We went to see him again days later and was told, he was transferred, lol.
Don't forget, there were as young as 14-15 yrs old who joined the revolutionaries. One of my neighbour too, who we never seen him again, after it was all over.
Only problem is Putin declared the break away regions further west then the current front line area, so he claimed the entire states and not just the actual control regions He has to push a hundred plus kilometers to get to what he just claimed and the Ukrainian defense forces are not gonna just sit there and take that. Expect 122mm Grads to start shelling first.